summing up

mood: very relaxed.
sate i'm in: can't believe i can do so little.
tune: karen ramirez "people make the world go round" (not bad, but it's not the sylistics).


so what can i say about the last few days. how about a quick summary...

MSAT on saturday was pretty good i think. not much examination, mostly communication, a.k.a. warm fluffy psychy stuff, a.k.a. nicola's heartland. can't really complain.

tuesday's exam on the other hand, i will complain about. public health everywhere... what the fuck?!!! talk about rubbish. ok, i know public health is important, suffien could remind me if needed, but to have the biggest question be on some kind of bullshit safety in the workplace (not even a hospital/health-related workplace) was just a load of bollocks really.

wednesday's exam was a lot better. respiratory was great, renal was even better! and male reproductive anatomy, as if i needed to be tested on that! and abortion... i never thought i would say the words "thank god for abortion" - how wrong that must have sounded to a passer by. nice to end it with a decent exam, where i could confidently answer the majority or questions. spent too long on the essay component, but still worked out ok for time. just in time to beat the rush to the pub.

ok, exam done at midday. by 5pm i had a GCS score of 6 i think. that's a coma scale to the non-mediwankers... sort of means i could have been mistaken for someone with some pretty serous brain damage, or worse. but it was a fun afternoon. didn't make it to the function that night, didn't really intend on doing so.

last night was another social night... nicole's 21st, photos below (with a file photo of nicole, featuring david, from his 21st). nicole said some touching words in her speech that i could identify strongly with. she was speaking of the friends we have all found in each other in med. such an intelligent, witty, and personable bunch of brilliant people. it is the cohort that really makes the course enjoyable.

david, myself, jack, tian, and adalbert... don't mess with adalbert.

me and suffien.

nicole and david from david's 21st.

other then getting a new job for the holiday break (and maybe longer) at sunglass hut, today was just a dodgy subway sandwich for lunch.

elective starting monday - 2 weeks neurology, 2 weeks cardiology.

more substantial stories in the pipeline. peace out.